Oddly, the phonetics were pretty much like the Anglicisation ;-).
We have to get a new atlas every few years because the world changes on us. Vlad went through a phase where every time he saw a globe or a world map, he would check it for South Sudan and North Macedonia. Neeeeeerrrrrd.
Well, I moved some record albums so I could pack them and there sat the atlas, 1995 edition, 8.5” x11”. (Post divorce, so Igor can’t be blamed for this one.) Not new enough or big enough for me to see without the laser surgery. Which will happen in AR.
Four more boxes done. Slow, but progress.
Once upon a time I used to waste time on nightly TV. There was a show called “Night Court” that could really make me laugh. The premise was an outgoing mayor had decided to punish the city by appointing people with no legal knowledge as judges and one such was the judge in this show.
One of the judge’s quirks was that he was a serious Mel Torme fan (I had never even heard of Torme before the series). I remember this exchange:
Judge: I have every album Mel Torme ever recorded.
Female: (no response)
Judge: I’m going to marry the first woman who is impressed by that.
So, maybe Vlad is fishing for his future bride when he expresses his love of geography.